More spending won’t reduce racial poverty divides

Published November 25, 2021 12:00am ET



The Biden administration and its allies, continuing their claims that anything and everything under the sun is racist, have a new target: infrastructure.

We are told our very highways themselves are racist and, guess what, more government spending is the apparent solution. Two congressmen wrote earlier this year: “By investing in this critical work to reconnect communities, we begin to deconstruct a structurally racist highway system. … But much more is needed, including sustained, long-term investment, to make our urban landscapes more equitable.”

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